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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 213 - 293).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonel ask the people farming his land to do in an effort to help them become more self-sufficient?
(a) Form a cooperative.
(b) Make their children work on the farm, too.
(c) Use the black market.
(d) Invest in the stock market.

2. What does Forche see inside the prison that upsets her immensely?
(a) Men bleeding to death.
(b) Men kept in very small boxes.
(c) Sexual abuse.
(d) Drug use.

3. Why does Leonel tell Forche not to pretend she is a nun?
(a) She does not look like a nun.
(b) She could be found out, and the real nuns who had helped her could get in trouble.
(c) There are no nuns in El Salvador.
(d) She is not well-versed enough with Catholicism to pretend to be a nun.

4. Where does Forche meet Margarita for the first time?
(a) At a chuch.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At a fancy restaurant.
(d) At a cafe that might have been near La UCA, the Catholic University.

5. What does Leonel tell Forche about her purse when they visit the colonia on page 177?
(a) To keep her purse with her at all times no matter what.
(b) To hide her purse in the bathroom.
(c) To hide a tape recorder in her purse.
(d) To hide a camera in her purse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the Santa Ana winds?

2. What does Forche tell Leonel that Bud, Claribel's husband, told her about him?

3. Why does Forche have to tie her sweater around her neck in the prison?

4. Which house did Forche stay in on her first nights in El Salvador?

5. What does Leonel tell Forche about the living conditions of most Salvadorans after their visit to the campo?

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